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Lancashire have made an extra 100 seats available for Friday’s NatWest International Twenty20 between England and New Zealand at Old Trafford.
The seats have a restricted view but are half price at £17.50 for members, £24 for adults and £4.50 for juniors under 16.
The county have sold all 16,500 original tickets but, now the dugout is in location and the camera positions have been determined, they have released the extra seats.
These tickets can only be purchased by calling the Old Trafford ticket office on 0161 282 4040.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes almost every one of his players made positive progress against England Lions, their final tour match ahead of next week's first npower Ashes Test in Cardiff.
Andrew Strauss will urge England to follow the example of 2005 and show an aggressive intent when the Ashes series gets underway in Cardiff.
Mitchell Johnson and Nathan Hauritz were the major beneficiaries of a largely humdrum last day of match practice for Australia ahead of the Ashes.
Australia's plans to embarrass England on their own soil this summer have been penned by an Englishman, while his predecessor as coach is spending a week with the hosts in the build-up.
Kevin Pietersen has been England's most prolific batsman ever since his first defining intervention with the innings which clinched the 2005 Ashes and sent his adopted country into raptures.
Ravi Bopara conceded that retiring after a century was not his favourite sensation - but was grateful for the warm-up his fellow England batsmen were afforded in the warm-up match at Edgbaston.
Marcus North is hoping to have cemented a place in the Australia side for the first npower Ashes Test after his century against England Lions at Worcester answered questions about his batting.
Steve Harmison picked up two wickets for England Lions as Marcus North hit his way into form to help Australia to 276 for four on day three at New Road.
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